Algal cultures exhibit the potential as robust systems for pharmaceutical production, as sustainable sources of nutrition both for humans and livestock, and as renewable biomass feedstock for biofuel production. Algal ...

Economic sanctions are a nuanced form of statecraft that have grown increasingly popular over the last several decades. However, much of the academic community’s research on the subject focuses entirely on determining ...

The US Intelligence Community has shown a lack of understanding and appreciation of counterintelligence and its capabilities as a strategic tool. Historically, US adversaries have used the famed Double-Cross System to ...

The research in this thesis explores the wide reaching impacts of intelligence activities outside the enclave of the international intelligence community. Chapter one explores the impact U.S. intelligence analysis had on ...

Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) is associated with the increase in blood pressure in the lung vasculature leading to fatigue, dizziness, chest pain and ultimately death. The general prognosis is survival of 2-3 years and then ...

The threat of terrorism has become commonplace in society, and though extremists and radicals have plagued the world for more than a century, their evolving nature has made understanding them a continually complex task.
One ...

Dextransucrases are a type of Glucosyltransferase (Gtf) which have many industrial applications, including oral care and baking, and have been identified as a biologically relevant target to inhibit. There are many advantages ...

Dengue virus (DENV) is a single stranded RNA virus principally transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. There is currently no widely used vaccine or cure available for those infected with dengue virus. Vector control ...

America’s enduring conflict with both the Chinese and Islamism proceeds without the requisite understanding of the cultural drivers of the actual struggle. Policy and overt military action against these two different ...

Background: Adult stem cells are essential for tissue homeostasis. The ability of stem cells to self-renew and generate differentiating progeny allows for the replacement of dying or damaged cells. In the Drosophila ovary, ...

Single-cell culture is emerging as a powerful tool for transcriptomics with heterogeneous cell populations, but adequate in vitro extracellular matrix (ECM) conditions have yet to be determined for singulated culture of ...

On May 28, 2016, a child fell into the Gorilla World exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo, where he encountered a seventeen-year-old 450-lb gorilla named Harambe. When Harambe failed to exit the enclosure, the Cincinnati Zoo’s ...

Common genetic analysis instruments in genotyping, allele discrimination, and PCR are standardized, indispensable tools in biological, medical, and science research laboratories and R&D industry sectors across the world. ...

To meet cerebral metabolic demands, a sophisticated neurovascular mechanism is responsible for coupling neuronal activation with modulation of vascular tone and local cerebral blood flow (CBF). Due to this coupling, imaging ...

From hook-shaped prosthetic devices to myoelectric prostheses with increased functional capabilities such as the Modular Prosthetic Limb (MPL), upper limb prostheses have come a long way. However, user acceptance rate does ...

Every May and June, Taiwan undergoes a period of potentially disastrous heavy rain called mei-yu. The rain system induced by mei-yu on May 28, 1981 caused significant damages to Taiwan, prompting government officials to ...

What are the aesthetic categories and epistemologies available within modernity? Does shifting one’s orientation away from the cultural centers of modernity change the answers? Does
it change the question? Is it only proper ...

Graphene is a single layer of carbon with exceptional physical properties and chemical stability. The electronic band structure and chemical reactivity of graphene can be modified and enhanced by distorting the carbon-carbon ...

In the first theme of the thesis, we show hydrogel architectures photopatterned
by DNA co-polymer that can be actuated by up to three different DNA sequence. The
hydrogel architectures show great shape change accurately ...